Day in photos: Oct. 30, 2012

A woman snaps a shot of the sun shining over the Brooklyn Bridge from the South Street Seaport as morning breaks following the devastating landfall of Hurricane Sandy.

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Afghan boxer Hamid Rahimi celebrates after defeating Said Mbelwa of Tanzania in their WBO Intercontinental middleweight championship fight in Kabul. It was the first professional fight to be held in Afghanistan.

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Dutch Prince Constantijn (left) leads the ceremonial opening of the Rijksstudio, the digital archive of the museum in Amsterdam.

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A model dons a creation by Joao Pimenta on a littered catwalk at Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil.

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Anti-airport protesters — one seemingly pegged with teargas grenades — clash with French riot police during an evacuation on the land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes.

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Sixteen-month-old Ryleigh is a sad little elephant. Mom Brandy Mickey tries to cheer her up at a mothers’ support group meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Refugees collect water at a camp outside Sittwe, Myanmar, for Muslims displaced by violence earlier this year. The UN claims 22,587 people have been in disputes between Muslim Rohingyas and Buddhist Rakhines.

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Students watch as US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps gives a lesson while visiting new Olympic facilities in Rio de Janeiro.

Reuters

Mitt Romney helps collect donations during a storm relief event in Kettering — a town in hotly contested Ohio.

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A rebel sniper takes aim at a Syrian army position from a residential building in Aleppo, Syria.

AP

An intact section of the Belmar boardwalk sits askew amid the destruction at the New Jersey shore after Hurricane Sandy.

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Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov speaks to supporters at a rally in Moscow to show support to jailed protestors.